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is of a gteen-black, changing, according to the 

 position of the light, to shades of olive : the throat 

 and the breast are the same with the feathers, 

 surrounded with white, producing a spotted ap- 

 pearance : the belly and the thighs are of a reddish 

 hue, with the edges of the feathers white : the 

 lower part of the back, the rump, and the under 

 tail-coverts, are of a chesnut-red : at the base of 

 the beak are some black hairs : from the middle 

 of the under mandible of the beak to the coverts 

 of the ears is a stripe of black : the feathers of 

 the head and the occiput are elongated into a 

 tufted ci^st, capable of being erected at the will of 

 the bird : the naked space on the cheeks surrounds 

 the eyes, and is joined to the base of the beak ; it 

 is of a purple-black : the throat is naked, and 

 from it depends a broad, loose, membranaceous 

 skin, of a fine red colour, slightly covered with a 

 few hairs ; when the bird is agitated this part is 

 greatly contracted : the irides are of a red-brown : 

 the feet are red. The female differs in having a 

 rufous reflection on the plumage, instead of the 

 brilliant hues of the male : the crest is much 

 shorter, and its feathers, as well as those of the 

 neck and the shoulders, are edged with white^ 

 The young have not the naked space on the 

 temple or the throat : the head and the sides of 

 the neck being covered with a reddish down : the 

 occiput and the whole of the hinder part of the 

 neck are of a chesnut-colour, and covered with 

 down : the sides of the neck also possess a narrow 

 stripe of down : the breast is deep red ; the down 



